📘 Within the United States Army there are many different personnel with different occupational specialties, specifically the Human Resources Specialists are the current concern of the Secretary of the Army, Honorable Brownlee and the Chief of Staff for the Army, General Schoomaker. With the current state of affairs around the world this could not have come at a better time, because of the necessity to ensure that positive effects for the troops that are on the first lines of defense for this great country. The Human Resource functions are being reviewed by many different internal agencies to the Army and several external agencies as well, like the organization Logistics Management Institute (LMI) Government Consulting. The Department's plan for Joint Officer Management (JOM) creates a system focused on the full gamut of the personnel life cycle, with particular emphasis on the development of joint qualified officers. This plan posits a new capability-based qualification system that will transform JOM from its current static format to a more dynamic, flexible process of recognizing and tracking joint experiences and competencies.